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Major General Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and 3rd Baron Lovat, KT, GCVO, KCMG, CB, DSO (25 November 1871 – 18 February 1933) was a Scottish aristocrat, British Army officer, landowner, politician and the 23rd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat.
Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, DSO, MC, TD, JP, DL (9 July 1911 – 16 March 1995) was a prominent British Commando during the Second World War and the 24th Chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat.
Jun 4, 2024 · By Alison Campsie. Published 4th Jun 2024, 13:23 BST. Updated 4th Jun 2024, 13:27 BST. Comments. Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, led a brigade of Commandos onto the beach on D-Day and was...
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Simon Fraser of Lovat (19 October 1726 – 8 February 1782) was a son of a notorious Jacobite clan chief, but he went on to serve with distinction in the British army. He also raised forces which served in the Seven Years' War against the French in Quebec, as well as the American Revolutionary War.
On the death of Simon’s half-brother Archibald, in 1815 the Fraser titles and estates passed to a distant cousin, Thomas Alexander Fraser of Strichen, the 14th Lord Lovat*.
Major General Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and 3rd Baron Lovat, was a Scottish aristocrat, British Army officer, landowner, politician and the 23rd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat.
Apr 22, 2014 · A leader’s leader, he will always be remembered as both a hero and inspiration. Fans of the World War II film, The Longest Day, will remember the scene in which a group of British soldiers come ashore being ushered on by bagpipes.
